He had been scheduled to make a comeback performances of Brahms’ ”Ein Deutsches Requiem” this Jan. He was fired the following March 12 and never conducted again. 3, 2017, the day after conducting a Verdi “Requiem” in what turned out to be his final performance, after accounts in the New York Post and The New York Times of sexual misconduct dating to the 1960s.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.Levine became music director emeritus and remained head of its young artists program but was suspended on Dec. 11 in Florence, Italy, but the concert was canceled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. He had been scheduled to make a comeback performance this Jan. Levine never conducted again after his firing. The suits were settled in 2019 with the Met's insurance company paying Levine $3.5 million, according to a New York Times report. The opera company countersued, accusing Levine of years of misconduct. The former Metropolitan Opera conductor was fired in 2018 based on allegations that he engaged in sexually abusive or harassing conduct with seven people. The May Festival in 2017 canceled a scheduled conducting appearance by Levine after the news of the growing investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. 3, 2017, after accounts in the New York Post and the Times of sexual misconduct dating to the 1960s. Levine became music director emeritus and remained head of its young artists program but was suspended on Dec.
"He really made the level of the orchestra, the musical level of the company, it went to such an unbelievable zenith," Domingo said in the interview. He became one of the signature artists in the company’s century-plus history, conducting 2,552 performances and ruling over its repertoire, orchestra and singers as music or artistic director from 1976 until forced out by general manager Peter Gelb in 2016 due to Parkinson’s disease. Tenor Placido Domingo said during a 2017 video interview with Levine he admired how the conductor's life was dedicated to the Met. He was named principal conductor two years later. Levine was a 1961 graduate of Walnut Hills High School and later attended Julliard but didn't graduate. He was recruited to go to the Julliard School of Music in New York City while still in high school. But his family wanted him to have a more regular life, so they flew to New York weekly for his piano lessons, according to the Times' obituary.
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